Scissors.



A. HOPKINS.

SOISSORS.

APPLICATION IILED'OGT. 12, 1910. I

I 1,017,545, Patented Feb. 13,1912.

Inventor Attorneys ANNIE HOPKINS, OF LEWISTOWN, MONTANA.

SCISSORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

Original application filed April 17, 1909, Serial No. 490,484. Dividedand this application filed. October 12,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNIE HOPKINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lewistown, in the county of Fergus and State of Montana,have invented a new and useful Scissors, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to scissors especially designed for use bydressmakers and it is a division of an application filed April 17, 1909,and which issued on June 14 1910, as Patent No. 961,235.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide the scissors withhandles carrying marking devices which are compactly and convenientlyarranged so as to be readily used with but little manipulation in orderto bring the parts into operative position.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention resides inthe combination and arrangement of parts and in the details ofconstruction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understoodthatchanges in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed canbe made within the scope of what is claimed without de parting from thespirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a plan view of a pair ofscissors or shears having the present improvements combined therewith,portions of the handles being shown in section. Fig. 2 is an elevationof the handle portions of the shears. Fig. 3 is a section on line AB,Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section on line CD Fig. 1.

1 and 2 designate the blades of the scissors, the blades being pivotallyconnected and provided with handles 3 and 4:. Handle 3 has a finger ring5 which, in the present instance, is circular, and formed in themarginal portion of this ring is an annular groove 6 one end wall ofwhich has apocket 7 therein while the opposite end portion of the grooveis covered by a retaining spring 8 secured to the handle 3 in anysuitable manner. A curved piece of chalk 10 or other marking material,is seated within the groove 6 and has a tongue 11 at one end adapted toproject into the pocket 7 while another tongue 12 extends from the otherend of the chalk marker and is adapted to be lapped and retained by thespring 8. The marker 10 projects beyond the marginal portion of the ring5.

Serial No. 586,770.

The handle 4 is provided with a tubular finger ring 13 and an annulus 14is housed within this ring and is adapted to rotate therein, the outerperiphery of the annulus being formed with a continuous series of spurs15. The outer edge of the finger ring 1 1 is cutaway for a portion ofits length, as indicated at 16 so that a few of the teeth 12 areconstantly exposed.

By providing scissors such as described, the same canbe convenientlyused for the purpose of marking, the spur annulus 14: being always readyfor use as a tracing wheel, or for such other purposes for which thesedevices may be used.

The marker 10 on the ring 5 is also at all times ready for use, but,since the marker is subject to wear as. a result of such use, it may bereadily removed when worn down to the ring and a new piece substitutedby a proper manipulation of the spring 8.

What is claimed is 1. A pair of scissors having an annular groove in oneof the finger rings of the handles, and a marking device seated withinthe groove and project-ing beyond the ring.

2. A pair of scissors having an annular groove in one of its fingerrings, and a marking device mounted for movement within and projectingbeyond the groove.

3. A pair of scissors having an annular groove in the peripheral portionof one of its finger rings, and a curved marker movably mounted withinand projecting from the groove.

4. A pair of scissors having a finger ring upon one of its handles, andan annular spur wheel housed in said ring, and extending therethrough.

5. A pair of scissors including a finger ring upon one of the handles,said ring being tubular and having a cut-away portion, and an annularspur wheel mounted for rotation within said ring and having a portionthereof projecting from the cut-away portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANNIE HOPKINS. Witnesses:

JAMES E. HOPKINS, BERTRAM P. BERGER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of.I Patents,

Washington, D. G. I

